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• Thank you, Chairman Crane and members of this committee.
• may want to issue a temporary rule or his committee or his agencies issue that.
• may want to issue a temporary rule or his committee or his agencies issue that.
• Committee, we have a motion to introduce RS 33104.
• Okay, committee, we now have consideration, RS 32976 C1.

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: 989, all

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• It was interesting in committee.
• I'm just trying to follow what I heard in the Rules Committee. I apologize.
• I'm just trying to follow what I heard in the Rules Committee. I apologize.
• In the Rules Committee. I apologize. Okay, I'll look it up. Thank you. Thank you.
• up in the committee.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The meeting covered a large number of bills and resolutions across education, federalism, government, health, commerce, and judiciary-related topics. In education, members heard bills on moving the statewide testing window later, allowing paper-based testing in more cases, posting school administrator compensation data, expanding who may receive student directory information, reviewing duplicative ADE reporting requirements, requiring religious excusals, creating a school fitness recognition program, and a proposed ballot measure on sex-designated school sports and private spaces. In federalism, the committee discussed banning foreign nationals from funding ballot-measure committees and a proposal to eliminate voting centers and return to precinct-based voting. Other items included memorials urging the U.S. to withdraw from the United Nations and the IMF, and a government bill penalizing agencies that fail to submit financial reports on time. Health and human services bills focused on lactation care, a state certification program for lactation providers, prohibiting gender transition procedures for minors, requiring chief medical officers at state agencies to hold active licenses, clarifying air ambulance statutes, seeking a SNAP waiver to restrict non-eligible food purchases, and collecting hospital patient immigration-status data for reporting. Sponsors generally framed these as consumer protection, public health, or administrative cleanup measures, while some members raised concerns about cost, privacy, and possible legal conflicts. In commerce, the committee heard bills on digital goods disclosure, protections for child content creators, liability limits for river outfitters, landlord utility billing transparency, appraisal management company definitions, unemployment eligibility verification, and association-based health plans. Several measures were pulled from consent or flagged for amendments. The judiciary portion included bills creating a civil cause of action for violations of anti-DEI laws, expanding hate-crime-style penalties to include political affiliation and expression, adding reporting requirements for name changes by sex offenders, penalizing possession of falsified commercial driver’s licenses by unlawfully present individuals, adding penalties for mailing abortion-inducing drugs, allowing speed-limiting devices as an alternative to license suspension, extending inmate transition services, increasing penalties for sexual extortion involving older teens, requiring legislative approval to close state shooting ranges, and advancing an Article V convention resolution for congressional term limits. Several sponsors emphasized public safety, parental rights, election integrity, or government accountability, while some members raised constitutional or implementation concerns, particularly on liability, voting systems, and the term-limits resolution. Multiple bills were reported as being on consent calendars, with some pulled for amendments or further discussion.

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• Committee.
• Committee.
• Committee.
• I move that the bill receive a due pass recommendation and be sent to the Rules Committee.
• I move that the bill receive a due pass recommendation and be sent to the Rules Committee.

Summary: The Senate Human Services Committee heard public testimony on Senate Bill 5977, which would require DCYF to publish child near-fatality review reports within 180 days and post them publicly, with confidential information redacted as allowed by law. Senator Nikki Torres said the bill is intended to improve transparency, accountability, and child protection. There was no public testimony on the bill, and the hearing was closed. The committee then heard Senate Bill 6184, an Office of Homeless Youth request bill sponsored by the chair. The bill makes technical and policy updates to OHY programs, including replacing the term “street youth” with “unaccompanied homeless youth,” allowing certain flexible funds to go directly to youth or vendors, renaming and making permanent the H-Sync program, expanding eligibility and housing options in the Independent Youth Housing Program, and clarifying shelter and reporting provisions. Testifiers from Commerce, advocates, school support organizations, and a youth advocate all supported the bill, emphasizing that the changes would improve access, consistency, and housing stability for unhoused youth. The hearing was then closed. The committee moved into executive session on seven bills. SB 5681, concerning intellectual and developmental disability services at age 20, had Amendment A1 fail and the proposed substitute was adopted and sent to Ways and Means. SB 5917, regarding abortion medication in DOC, saw one amendment adopted and multiple Christian amendments rejected before the bill was sent to Rules. SB 5942, renaming the DCYF Oversight Board as the DCYF Accountability Board and revising its duties, had only Amendment C16 adopted; the amended bill passed to Rules. SB 6024, on duplicative audits for community residential providers, passed without amendment. SB 6036, concerning adult family homes and foster care licensees, had Amendment D1 adopted and the bill passed to Rules. SB 6085, on the DOC institutional welfare account, had Amendment E1 adopted and the bill was sent to Ways and Means after several other amendments failed. In each case, the committee voted to advance the bill after considering amendments, with most of the proposed changes from Senator Christian failing except where noted.

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• Madam Chair, members of the committee, Allison Mendiola, committee staff.
• Committee.
• As amended, receive a due pass recommendation and be sent to the Rules Committee.
• Senator Christian moved that the bill receive a due pass recommendation and be sent to the Rules Committee
• So I move that the bill receive a due pass recommendation and be sent to the Rules Committee.

Bills: HB2464

Committee: Senate Human Services

Keywords: detention facilities, law enforcement, reporting requirements, incidents, private detention, 904, all

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• Report of Committee.
• The Committee on Rules reports recommending the following resolutions are to be adopted.
• Report of Committee.
• The Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the order filed by Representatives Haggerty of Woburn and
• Report of Committee.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several committee reports. The Committee on Rules recommended adoption of two resolutions: one recognizing Stoneham and its veterans at the opening of the Vietnam Moving Wall exhibit, and another congratulating firefighter paramedic Michael Collage on his retirement from the Abington Fire Department. Both were adopted after suspension of the rules. The Rules Committee also reported favorably on an order extending until December 3, 2025, the time for the Committee on Housing to report on House No. 4734, and that order was adopted as well. The Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling reported several bills for consideration, including a Senate bill authorizing revenue bonds for telecommunications facilities in Quincy, a bill to promote urban agriculture and horticulture, a bill updating the tax treatment of recreational lands in Swampscott, a bill concerning the select board of Berlin, and a bill protecting public higher education student information. The House suspended Rule 7A, took second readings on those measures, and ordered all of them to a third reading. The House also welcomed residents and staff from Seven Hills communities, who were visiting to deliver artwork and thank legislators for support of affordable and supportive senior housing. Later, House No. 4006, authorizing the town of Dartmouth to grant an additional off-premises liquor license, was released from the Committee on Bills in Third Reading and passed to be engrossed. The House then adopted an order to meet again Monday at 11 a.m. and adjourned to that time in informal session.

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• As part of that process, the board's rules committee would convene in an open and transparent manner
• We heard this in Rules.
• What the other committee members did here, what we heard in Rules is some of these cases, these kits
• And I was just wondering, after the Rules Committee, and I know that we still have over a thousand that
• I think there were people from the Department of Public Safety at the Senate Rules Committee meeting.

Bills: SB246 , SB146 , SB300 , SB301 , SB309 , SM17

Committee: Senate Senate Health & Public Affairs

Keywords: massage therapy, licensure, health and safety standards, continuing education, establishment licensing, civil rights, sovereign immunity, damages, public body, lawsuit limitations, legal notice, child welfare, computing infrastructure, data management, Department of Health, appropriation, foster care, Indian children, cultural competency, training services

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• Oversight Committee and the NMFA have to adopt.
• But they're doing the rules based on HB 128, Madam Chair.
• That's what rules are for—to fill in the gaps.
• I'm really happy with the rules.
• Now, everybody, you have the rules. Look at them.

Committee: House New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee

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• I'd like to call our Senate Local Government and Taxation Committee to order.
• Committee, we have one more rule, and it is good to have Senator Taves back.
• Where the code was restated in the rule, it was also removed. The code was restated in the rule.
• Chairman, we were done with rules for the year. All right.
• Well, committee, that's all we have for today.

Summary: The Senate Local Government and Taxation Committee met with a quorum and introduced four Senate Resource bills sponsored by Senator Taves focused on housing and land use. RS 3307-5C1 would open the possibility of removing regulations that restrict accessory dwelling units. RS 33077C1 would allow religious institutions or churches more flexibility to develop housing for parishioners and the broader community. RS 33078C1 would reduce red tape for first-time homebuyers by allowing smaller lots and setbacks for starter homes. RS 33083C1 would allow twin homes and duplexes on residential lots where single-family homes are already permitted, with Senator Burnt briefly asking whether such development would still have to comply with neighborhood, builder, or HOA standards; Senator Taves said the bill did not specifically address that and would require further research. The committee approved motions to introduce the first three RSs and then the fourth, with seconding and voice votes in favor and no opposition recorded. After that, Vice Chair Adams took over for administrative rules review. The committee then heard presentation of administrative rule docket 35-0106-2501 from Philip Johnson of the Idaho State Tax Commission, covering hotel, motel, and campground sales tax rules. Johnson said the rules were streamlined through zero-based regulation, with restrictive language removed, code restated in rule deleted, and additional code sections added; he said about 37% of the words were removed, totaling 1,030 words. Senator Taves moved to approve the docket, Senator Taylor seconded, and the committee approved it by voice vote. The chair then noted the committee was finished for the year on rules and adjourned, mentioning that bill introductions would soon be limited to privilege committees.

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• Welcome to the hybrid committee hearing of the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory
• And that's, you know, now the rules, some of the new rules kind of guide us towards that.
• It is the intention of the committee to do, to report something that goes beyond the emergency rules.
• Eventually, emergency rules go away, and we have no rules, and the new rules, with new abilities, new
• on the draft of this committee when I chaired the committee.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several bills related to open meeting law, municipal meetings, town meetings, and remote participation. Senator Rausch supported S. 2205 and S. 2206, and House companion H. 3382, saying they would make remote participation in public bodies permanent and streamline open meeting law and public records complaint processes to reduce burdens on local officials. Committee members and the senator discussed concerns about complaints being weaponized, the role of the Attorney General, and whether public testimony should be presumed allowed unless a chair limits it with justification. The senator said the bills do not change public records fees and are meant to improve process and transparency. A large portion of the hearing focused on H. 3342 and S. 2197, which would modernize municipal meetings, town meetings, and local elections by allowing permanent remote or hybrid participation. Supporters included Wayland officials, the Massachusetts Municipal Association, Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller, MAPC, MACC, and others, who argued that hybrid and remote options increase participation, help parents, caregivers, people with disabilities, and residents with travel or work constraints, and have worked well during the pandemic-era extensions. Municipal officials emphasized that a mandate would be costly and difficult for smaller communities because of staffing, technology, room design, cybersecurity, and uneven internet access, especially in western Massachusetts. Committee members asked about equal access, funding, and whether local discretion should remain; the chair said the committee wants a permanent solution beyond emergency rules but must balance access with local capacity. The committee also heard testimony on H. 3328, which would allow remote participation to count toward quorum for statewide appointed bodies such as commissions on women and LGBTQ issues. Supporters argued this would improve regional equity and make it easier for people outside Greater Boston to serve, while committee members noted it is a separate issue from municipal meetings and may be easier to address than broader local-government changes. Another bill, H. 4351, was supported by Rep. Brandy Fluker Reed, who described it as creating an Office of Freedmen Affairs to address longstanding racial wealth disparities affecting descendants of enslaved Americans. The hearing also included testimony on H. 3299 from Common Cause and MASSPIRG in favor of guaranteed hybrid access for public meetings with public participation components, with advocates saying it would improve transparency, accessibility, and civic engagement.

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• Speaker, your Committee on Fiscal Review, to which was referred House Committee Substitute for House
• On House Committee Substitute for Senate Substitute for Senate Committee Substitute for Senate Bills
• In committee, we added 11 additional House bills—you know, In committee, we added 11 additional House
• And it's not, and committee.
• I'm sure all my rules members are here, but I am announcing that we will have a rules hearing on Monday

Summary: The House opened with prayer, approved the previous day’s journal unanimously, and then adopted a motion suspending House Rule 98 to allow members to wear hats on the floor. Members also introduced several special guests, including the Eugene High School Class 2 basketball champions, family members, scholarship recipients, and other visitors. One member used a lengthy personal privilege speech to criticize a recent U.S. Supreme Court voting-rights decision and warn about threats to democracy and minority voting power. The chamber then took up committee reports and several bills. It approved a motion to go to conference on the property-tax omnibus measure tied to Senate Bills 1066 and 1088. House Bill 3329, repealing expired tax credits, passed 142-0. House Bill 3405, clarifying the SALT deduction and improving tax-credit accounting, also passed 138-0. House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2426, a parental-rights bill that also drew criticism over a school financial-ledger requirement and possible burdens on schools and student safety, failed on third reading 70-60. The House next passed House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1233, a professional-licensing bill involving CPA exam access and other occupational licensing changes, by 129-6 after adopting an amendment removing compact language and rejecting a nursing-home physicals amendment. It then passed House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1408, which raises the maximum rural interstate speed limit to 75 mph and, through multiple amendments, also carried a mix of transportation-related provisions including vehicle inspections, hands-free enforcement, motorcycle lighting, driver education, and specialty license plates for women’s professional sports; the final vote was 82-53. The Speaker also appointed a conference committee for Senate Bill 1066. The final item mentioned was Senate Substitute No. 2 for Senate Bill 863, described as an interscholastic athletic oversight/appeals bill, but the transcript cuts off before its final action is shown.

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• rules that that some said were facilitating this activity, the rules that were passed in 2020.
• You change the rules, and you go through a process and specifically avoid changing the rules to become
• committee for land ports I'm not, I'll defer to the department on which of their advisory committees
• Those include the Freight Advisory Committee and the Border Trade Advisory Committee.
• Entry, our Border Trade Advisory Committee. and our Freight Advisory Committee.

Bills: SB1 , SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• 8 of the Civil Rules of Procedure, Rule 9, Rule 10, Rule 11, Rule 15.
• So yes, it came to the committee.
• 8 of the Civil Rules of Procedure, Rule 9, Rule 10, Rule 11, Rule 15.
• All of those rules are implicated by telling somebody you can't plead. Rule 15.
• We did a show committee meeting to say, this is so careful. So yes, it came to the committee.

Bills: SB38 , SB17 , SB41 , SB264

Committee: Senate House Judiciary

Keywords: SB38, pet food, registered pet food, registration fee, fees, sunset repeal, repeal of repeal, revenue, state fee, business regulation, animal feed, pet food registration, New Mexico, gun control, firearm safety, dealer regulation, illegal trade, background checks, sexual crimes, statute of limitations

Summary: The Senate Judiciary Committee heard extensive testimony on House Bill 99, a proposed reform of the Medical Malpractice Act. Representative Chandler said the bill is intended to address physician shortages, rising malpractice premiums, and litigation pressures by changing punitive damages rules, including a higher standard of proof, a requirement that punitive damages not be pleaded in the initial complaint, and limits tied to the type of provider. Supporters, including physicians, business leaders, and some patients, said the bill would help retain doctors, improve access to care, and create more predictable liability exposure. Several supporters also said current malpractice conditions are driving doctors out of the state and harming rural access to services. Opponents argued the bill would reduce patient recovery, create unequal treatment based on insurance status through the bill-versus-paid provision, and raise constitutional concerns involving equal protection, collateral source rules, and separation of powers. They also criticized the bill for not addressing other drivers of malpractice, such as hospital practices, prior authorization, staffing, and background checks for out-of-state doctors. Some witnesses urged amendments to protect the Patient Compensation Fund, ensure future medical expenses are covered, require minimum surcharge settings, and improve oversight of providers entering the state. Committee members questioned the sponsor and witnesses about whether the bill would actually lower premiums, whether it would improve access to care, and how it would affect hospitals, independent providers, and the Patient Compensation Fund. The sponsor said the bill was based on negotiations and comparisons with other states, and that it should help premiums over time. Members raised concerns about the fund’s solvency, the role of hospitals in the fund, and whether some provisions would survive legal challenge. No final vote was taken in the portion of the meeting provided; the chair indicated amendments would be discussed later and the committee would continue the hearing the next day.

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• Committee on Education Finance.
• Members, Senate Resolution Number 67 will be referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
• Child safety and specifically the<00:09:39.440><c> rules</c><00:09:39.800><c> around</c> the rules around
• ,</c><00:10:47.480><c> the</c> So, after the court ruling, the So, after the court ruling, the obligation

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• , or Joint Committee on Educational Adequacy, to include the standards.
• the DESE rules governing this law have not been revised since 2005.
• DESE rules still identify which units are included to be taught.
• As you can see here, there's a difference in language in statute and in rules.
• All right, committee, thank you so much for your time.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• I am calling the ad committee to order.
• I don't make all these rules.
• I mean, if there's no rules except.
• It's not even promulgating rules.
• Thank you, committee members. I'm adjourning the meeting.

Bills: HB3270 , HB3145 , HB3056

Committee: Senate Agriculture and Wildlife

Keywords: farmed cervidae, chronic wasting disease, genetic resistance, wildlife management, agriculture, wildlife tagging, hunting regulations, Cervidae family, feral swine, exotic wildlife, conservation, commercial hunting, raw milk, unpasteurized, farm sales, Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products Act, local producers, advertising, 914, all

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• House Bill 199, having been read by title, is ordered printed and referred to the House Rules Committee
• House Bill 203, having been read by title, is ordered printed and referred to the House Rules Committee
• House Bill 204, having been read by title, is ordered printed and referred to the House Rules Committee
• Having been read twice by title is ordered not printed and referred to the House Rules Committee.
• We are dispensing with the Rules Committee referral and instead ordering the bill printed and referred

Bills: HM3 , HM11 , HM14 , HM15 , HM18 , HM21 , HB10 , HB11 , HB12 , HB13 , HB14 , HB31 , HB50

Keywords: nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial

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• I will say that being on committees in the past... We always say, God, this is a great committee.
• Any other comments from the committee?
• Committee members, we're grateful to be here.
• Mandel, in 2021, I chaired this committee.
• Okay, and was the lottery rules changed as you had indicated you changed the lottery rules to modify?

Committee: House Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• And so then, you know, that's how the 48-hour rule turns into the 100-day rule, um, and I just think
• And so then, you know, that's how the 48-hour rule turns into the 100-day rule, um, and I just think
• And so then, you know, that's how the 48-hour rule turns into the 100-day rule, um, and I just think
• And so then, you know, that's how the 48-hour rule turns into the 100-day rule, um, and I just think

Committee: Senate Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Conveniently, we pick and choose the ruling that we want to pay attention to.
• >> No, we're appealing a court ruling. We have the right to appeal.
• Tell me what was the order from that ruling? >> I...
• >> Ma'am, under the rules of the House, once the closure is invoked, all debate ends.
• >> Ma'am, under the rules of the House, once the closure is invoked, all debate ends.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• I'll work with Representative McLeod, and if they're a committee, we have similar committees, so we'll
• The committee had then a group of providers on the Child Care Services Advisory Committee, as well as
• an administrative rules hearing would be held in June, with the new rules taking effect in July.
• No, Chairman and members of the committee.
• Committee discussion. I'm going to... Committee discussion.

Committees: Joint Human Services , Joint Human Services Committee

Keywords: 908, all